“Restaurants in our central business district are not going to get back to pre-pandemic sales until we get conventions, business meetings and tourism back,” Toia said, pointing to the special summer edition of the Chicago Auto Show in July as a modest sign of hope. “Restaurants are still struggling out here, even though we are getting back to the new normal.”
Illinois restaurants get $1.4 billion in funding before federal program runs dry. ‘We could not serve everybody,’ SBA head says during Chicago visit.
